Organ Donation

• Wales one step closer to ‘presumed consent’ organ donation
• Belgium becomes world leader in organ removal after euthanasia
• Wales considering ‘deemed consent’ for organ donation: plan slammed by pro-life activists
• The erosion of ethics in organ transplantation: what’s a Catholic to do?
• Film on teen who awoke from coma before having organs harvested stirs 'brain death' debate
• 12-year-old gunshot victim declared in ‘vegetative state’ now talking: will make full recovery
• One in five ‘brain dead’ patients still alive, claims lawsuit
• Canada’s new ‘brain death’ criteria slammed as scheme to increase organ donations
• UK suggests ethically controversial strategies to increase organ donations
• Vatican Radio tackles organ harvesting in light of questionable ‘brain death’ criterion
• Critical organ donation warnings and guidance in new pamphlet: “Do not do an Apnea test!”
• Simply abandon the ‘norm against killing’ to solve organ transplant problem: leading US bioethicists
• Welsh proposal would allow organ harvesting without consent
• Shock: requiring death before organ donation is unnecessary, say experts
• Shock study: Organs harvested from euthanized patients make better transplants
• Belgian doctors harvesting organs from disabled euthanasia donors
• NewsBytes - Dec. 3 - Life Issues